Industrial

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $62.7 million sale of a seven-property industrial portfolio across five Florida cities. Tyler Kuhlman and Douglas Mandel of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer, Redfearn Capital, a private real estate investment firm based in Delray Beach, Fla. The Federated Cos., led by Jonathan Cox, was the seller. The fully occupied, net-leased portfolio includes the following properties: 4000 Shader Road in Orlando; 5515 W 5th St. in Jacksonville; 2101 W 33rd St. in Jacksonville; 2906 Corporate Way in Palmetto; 940 Williston Park Point in Lake Mary; 12900 44th St. N. in Pinellas Park; and 5120 Great Oak Dr. in Lakeland.

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HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — A fund sponsored by CBRE Investment Management, the entity formerly known as CBRE Global Investors, has acquired 820 Exchange, a roughly 952,000-square-foot industrial property in the Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City. Phoenix-based Creation developed the four-building property and completed it earlier this year. Two of the development’s four buildings that feature 30- to 36-foot clear heights and cross-dock/rear-load configurations were fully leased at the time of sale. All told, 820 Exchange is currently 72 percent leased to three tenants. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Zach Riebe and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.

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BAYTOWN, TEXAS — San Diego-based investment firm Westcore has acquired a 210,887-square-foot industrial property in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The newly built property, which is located within the Cedar Port Industrial Park master-planned development near Port Houston, features 32-foot clear heights, 200-foot truck court depths and an ESFR sprinkler system. Jason Tangen and Barrett Gibson of Colliers International represented the seller, metro Houston-based NIT Industrial, in the transaction. Westcore was self-represented.

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ENDICOTT, N.Y. — An affiliate of Wisconsin-based Phoenix Investors has acquired the 4 million-square-foot former IBM headquarters campus in Endicott, located near the New York-Pennsylvania border. The site, which consists of 29 buildings on 130 acres and is currently known as the Huron Campus, houses industrial, office and R&D users. The campus was first converted to a multi-tenant development in the early 2000s and today serves as the workplace of more than 2,800 people, though IBM still maintains a presence on the property. The seller was not disclosed.

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NORTH AURORA, ILL. — The Opus Group has begun construction of two speculative industrial buildings known as Tollway Corporate Center in North Aurora. The development is a joint venture with Principal Real Estate Advisors. The first building will total 104,978 square feet and will feature 10 dock positions, two drive-in doors, eight trailer stalls, 64 car parking stalls and a clear height of 32 feet. The second building will span 543,638 square feet and will offer 54 dock positions, four drive-in doors, 90 trailer stalls, 142 car parking stalls and a clear height of 36 feet. Completion of both buildings is slated for June 2022. Opus is serving as developer, design-builder, architect and engineer. Brian Kling of Colliers International and Dan Leahy of NAI Hiffman are marketing the project for lease.

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PHILADELPHIA — Richmond, Va.-based general contractor EDC will build a 700-unit self-storage facility in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. The developer is a local entity doing business as 4002-22 Ridge Ave. Acquisition LLC. The facility will rise five stories and span 103,000 square feet of net rentable space. A groundbreaking date has not yet been determined, but construction is expected to be complete in late 2022.

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NEW ALBANY, OHIO — Scannell Properties has broken ground on a 354,000-square-foot speculative warehouse in New Albany, about 15 miles northeast of Columbus. The developer purchased a 33-acre site on Innovation Campus Way. Completion of the project is slated for June 2022. Tom Miles and Scott Pickett of Avison Young represented Scannell in the land purchase. The duo will also handle leasing efforts for the property. MBJ Holdings was the seller.

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PHOENIX — Hercules Industries has acquired Santa Fe 44, an industrial building located at 4524 N. 44th Ave. in Phoenix. BC5 LLC sold the asset to the owner/user for $18.2 million. Built in 2006 on 6.9 acres, Santa Fe 44 features 140,777 square feet of industrial space, 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 9,000 square feet of office space, heavy power, ESFR sprinklers, ample dock- and grade-level loading, 108-foot concrete truck court and active BNSF rail service with 240-feet of rail dock and platform loading. Hercules Industries, the buyer, is a national manufacturer and wholesale distributor of HVAC sheet metal products and equipment. Phil Haenel, Will Strong, Andy Markham and Mike Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller, while Bill Douglass of Upland Group Inc. represented the buyer in the deal.

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Newport Beach, Calif.-based CapRock Partners was busy before the pandemic, but shows no signs of slowing down even as brick-and-mortar retail reopens. The industrial investor, developer and asset manager’s newest venture is also its biggest: a 183-acre infill project in Phoenix where it plans to build an eight-building industrial complex that totals more than 3.4 million square feet. “Several years prior to the pandemic, we recognized the ecommerce trends along with the demand for larger logistics facilities and subsequently made investments in buildings and land positions in order to capture a segment of that demand,” says Bob O’Neill, CapRock’s senior vice president of acquisitions. “In the 16 months since the onset of the pandemic, our growth has accelerated.” Phoenix’s Industrial Market Rises CapRock has added about 4.8 million square feet of Phoenix-area industrial product to its portfolio since the pandemic’s onset. Its total pipeline in the Valley is now close to 6 million square feet, with its Phoenix-area acquisition closing in 2017. Aside from CapRock, Cushman & Wakefield also appears to be bullish on Phoenix’s industrial market. The firm projects Phoenix’s preliminary industrial absorption to be about 12 million square feet for the first half of 2021. This compares to …

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World and domestic markets are constantly recalibrating as the global supply chain continues to see a disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. It has never been more clear though just how important freight logistics and a healthy supply chain are to keep the economy moving. Demand for distribution space continues to grow, and the latest data available reveals the bi-state St. Louis market is rebounding well from the uncertainty of 2020 and 2021, and is positioned to assist distributors and developers to meet the growing demand. The St. Louis region has more than 51 million square feet of modern bulk inventory supported by a strong labor force and an exceptional freight network that provides tremendous optionality to move goods into and out of the region via river, rail, truck and runway.  Those advantages are contributing to historic lows in vacancy rates, with only 4.5 percent of modern bulk space (more than 250,000 square feet) available at this time. This follows on the heels of the overall vacancy rate for the entire St. Louis industrial market dropping below 6 percent in 2020, the first time it fell so low in more than 15 years. Fortunately, construction in the bi-state region has rebounded …

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